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THE LUCKY TOE

Long ago in the land of Lidara there lived a man who came to be known as Bakhati, which means ‘the lucky one’ in the Lidara dialect. This nickname resulted…

THE EERIE ROAD

I was walking home in the dark along a crooked road. The bend ahead was really dark. As I turned the corner, I detected a movement ahead and glimpsed a…

RAGE

Jane watched from the bushes as he kissed the girl goodbye. A rage boiled inside her. He waved and then started back up the hill, towards their home. She sunk further back…

THE ENCOUNTER

That morning was as cold as all others. I stretched out on the cold ground and yawned. It had been so long since my last bath. That wasn’t my fault.…

AMBITION

The house is creepy and silent. I spent the whole day hiding from my housemates. They seem to really hate me which doesn’t make sense. I mean I mind my…

THE PURPLE ZOMBIE

I was terrified. I had this foreboding that weighed heavy on my heart. Then I saw them. The zombies had arrived. Walking slowly their bodies twisted and creaking like broken…

SARAH

It was a dark stormy night in Winterz. Sarah Liam couldn’t help but feel bored, after all she was all alone in the huge old house. Her friends couldn’t come…

I SMELL TROUBLE

“Jade, Jade, JADE! How many times do I have to call you?” Mom was calling me after which she muttered under her breath something about how she wished she had never bought…

LOVED LUST

As we walked in, the café felt unusually comforting. I usually don’t enjoy coffee joints. Too many people, tables too close to each other, everybody talking at the same time…

SAD

Today from the blues, He asked me to write him something like old times. “That person doesn’t exist anymore. ” I responded. Knowing him, he wasn’t going to bulge, so…

FREEDOM

I asked him how he would describe himself, he was quite for a while, then with a suspicious grin on his face, he responded, “Am like the patient guy in…